Explanation
Background: On September 8, 2025, Columbus City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2173-2025 which: authorized the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Fire, to enter into a contract with Emergency Networking, Inc. for a customized Client Management System (CMS); authorized the contract as multi-year and renewable; waived the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; and, authorized the expenditure of $33,000.00 for Year 1 of the multi-year contract. Ordinance No. 2173-2023 was subsequently amended by Ordinance No. 0557-2026 that amended the vendor’s name to Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC. The underlying grant disallows contracts to extend beyond the grant project period. Due to the multi-year contract provision that extends beyond the grant’s project period in Ordinance No. 2173-2025, the Ordinance in its entirety, needs to be repealed.
This legislation repeals Ordinance No. 2173-2025 in its entirety.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance will have no fiscal impact.
Emergency Designation: This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency request because the terms of the underlying grant does not permit any contract funded with grant funds to extend beyond the grant term.
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To repeal Ordinance No. 2173-2025 in its entirety due to an error in interpreting the terms of the underlying grant that funded the contract with Emergency Networking, Inc.; to authorize the City Auditor to cancel the Auditor’s Certificate associated with Ordinance No. 2173-2025; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2173-2025 was adopted by Columbus City Council on September 8, 2025, and authorized: the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Fire, to enter into a contract with Emergency Networking, Inc. for a customized Client Management System (CMS); the contract as multi-year and renewable; waived the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; and, the expenditure of $33,000.00 for Year 1 of the multi-year contract; and
WHEREAS, the language of Ordinance No. 2173-2025 pursuant to the terms of the underlying grant was legislated in error as all contracts must end by the grant’s project period end date; and
WHEREAS, due to the administrative error, Ordinance No. 2173-2025 incorrectly authorized the contract with Emergency Networking, Inc. as multi-year and renewable; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to correct this error by repealing Ordinance No. 2173-2025 in its entirety; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the repeal of Ordinance No. 2173-2025 in its entity since it is inconsistent with and contrary to the terms of the underlying grant that funded the contract with Emergency Networking, Inc., all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 2173-2025, passed on September 8, 2025 be and is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to cancel the Auditor’s Certificate associated with Ordinance No. 2173-2025,
SECTION 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.